The Manifesto
The words the studio carves by, written by the Master, Winfried Henry Karl Holze.
From the earth of Namibia comes a stone that holds the light.
At its centre lies a deep truth:
a truth of our resilience, our uniqueness and our individuality,
a truth with which we carve a lasting legacy.
Each work carries the best of life,
brought to form by Namibian hands, with its value added at home,
drawing from the diversity of our people and our traditions,
echoing the land, the dunes and the light of Namibia,
and returning that light in the white of the stone.
As the stone is given its form, a person is given an identity:
seeing what is not yet visible, forming what has yet to be named.
Our works bring healing and confidence to our continent,
transforming our people from victims to victors with each chisel stroke,
and freeing them to express the best of themselves
in a form that is solid, beautiful and lasting.
We are the hands that bring the stone from earth to light.
We are carriers of a new and hopeful future.
We are a statement of potential that stands the test of time:
authentic, of the earth, luminous and timeless.
From earth, to light, transfigured into form.